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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-25
Options on Stocks 4 Bonds

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Insurance Agsin.t Loss n stock Operat ons
Circulars and Information on Application.
The Theory of stock EXCHANGE >p"ruia-
tion. by Arthur Crump. Price. So, post paid
Table of contents mailed free. Every specu-
lator should read and study this interesting
work. ii. W. ROSENBAIM.
20 Exchange Place. New York.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-25

A woman who married perfect angel
Of man" is usually a widow. This il
tough, but il is true
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-25

A CARD.-To all who are suffering from
errors and indiscretions of youth. nervous
weakness. early decay, loss of manhood,
etc, will send a recipe that will cure you,
free of charge. This great remedy was dis
covered by missionary in South America.
Send self-addressed envelope 10 Rev. Joseph
T. Inman, Station ID. New York city.
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.ROrCU on PILEs.o

Brewery employees in Cleveland have
joined the Knights of Labor.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-25

Lima, o., through coal-oil influence,
aspires to the Importance of regular po-
leo system
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-25

ONMN S\CCN complaint of
thousands suffering from Asthma, Con-
sumption. Coughs, etc. Did you ever try
Acker's English Remedy 1t is the best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles,
sold on a positive guarantee at l0c.. 5Oc.
Frank II. Coblentz, corner Market and
High streets.
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Bachelors Celebrated Hair Dive

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NO MORE AUCTION.

For the simple reason that cannot pack and ship
our combined Private and Auction Sales we stop the
Twenty floors of Elegant Furniture Curtains Dra
peries, Rugs, etc.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07
Animal Worship in China.

At recent meeting of the Pekin
Oriental society in London, Mr.. Owen
read a paper on animal worship among
the Chinese. He referred to the wor.
ship paid to the fox, weasel. hedgehog
and shake, to which at Tientsin is
added the rat. The first four are called
the immortals. These deified animals
seem to usurp the entire attention Of
the people, even to the exclusion of the
Buddhist and Taoist gods. DR.. Edkins
quoted from the Chinese to prove that
animal worship was unknown in
ancient times, while DR.. Dudgeon
pointed out that it was 3 mistake to
suppose that animal worship was con-
fined to the four animals mentioned.
The horse, COW. dog. insects, dragon.
lion, etc. are worshipped. In the fifth
month the centipede, lizard, scorpion.
frog, and snake-the five poisonous
animals. as they are called-are also
objects of worship.-M y Post
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07
COMMON MANURE.
Fts Decided Advaatags Over All Sorts =
i 0AnafAekufea FeFtill1ers.

rts Decided Adv..s.ss Over An Sorts q
Manufactured Fertilizers
Il is quite generally understood that
barn manure has = mechanical effect
on the soil which is not obtained from
commercial fertilizers; that the largs
quantity of partially decayed vegeta-
ton it contains lightens up the soil and
finally adds humus to it, but CONNER
cial fertilizers have tendency to ex-
haust the humus and finally harden
the soil and make it lumpy, unless the
crops be of q character to leave con-
siderable quantity of vegetation to
pillow under each year.
This is an advantage of barn manure
that is very generally understood by
the farmers who give the subject tho
least thought; but there is another adj
vantage which is too often entirely
overlooked, which is the chemical &C
ton which barn manure has upon the
soil while in the process of decomposi-
ton.
When barn manure decomposes it
produces large quantities Of carbOnic
acid gas which. when it minsles with
the soil. has tendency to decompcss
the soil itself, and as the soil is rich in
plant food that is locked up in tho
stones. and unfavorable until separ-
ated, whatever is applied to the soil
that will make it available is so much
gained. 1t is true. the work of decom-
position of the soil is always going on.
but SO slowly that it furnishes but =
small part of what is needed for the
growth of our forced crops.
In the woods. where Nature has her
own way and is left to gather her own
materials. the soil. by the exhalations
from the roots of the trees. is decom-
posed fast enough to furnish the trees
all of the mineral element necessary to
secure a fair growth. and have quite =
surplus in the soil for some future
crop; but in field or garden crops We
demand such large and rapid growth
that We are compelled to assist nature
by the application of materials that are
at once available for plant food. and
whatever We can apply that will assist
Nature to manufacture plant food
more rapidly from the soil will be Of
value, in addition to the chemists
valuation, so if the application of barn.
yard manure to the soil assists Nature
in her wonderful and mysterious work
of converting the stones into plant
food it adds to its value, and it should
have due credit for it.
Whenever barn manure is compared
with commercial fertilizers it should
always receive credit for what it is
capable of doing in the way of hasten
ing the decomposition of the soi>' As
the plant food locked up in the soil is
inexhaustible. whatever we can apply
that will make any of it available is SD
much clear gain to the farmer. 1t
does not, as many believe. exhaust the
soil, but rather improves it, l.
Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

The Boston Post says that a very
low churchman objected to one Of the
canticles sung at morning service,
called the "Bendicite." because the in.
vocation. 20 ye spirits and souls of the
righteous. bless ye the Lord. praise Him
and magnify Him forever" implied
prayers to the dead. He went to .
neighboring parson and proclaimed
his grievance. by the way, SIR" an
swered the pastor. ''let me call your
attention to another invocation in the
same canticle. It reads: o all ye
green things upon the, earth. bless ye
the Lord -
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07
GERMAN OFFICERS.

The Social Privileges Enjoyed by the Com
Inissioned Portion Of the Army.
An American who has just come back
from Germany treated several Of us
the other evening to a very interesting
mOnologuc on the German army in
German society. When, late in the
sixteenth century. Europe began to
awake from feudalism. she did so very
slowly, and almost regretfully. Some
of the worst features of the feudal
regime remained. and remain even to
this day. They may present them
selves under a new aspect, assume 4
guise less shocking to the modern eye.
but they are essentially the same rs
they were four or five hundred years
ago. In Prussia the common soldier
gets for three years service his board,
which is. to express it mildly, very
plain and frugal. Besides. he gets a
remuneration Of 20 pfennig.5 cents
per day. A young Lieutenant. after
graduating at five or six classic. poly
teehnic and military schools. is enti-
tied to salary of $50 marks, or SS7.
a month. He is expected to provide
for his uniform. and. il he is cavalry
officer. for his horse and servant
He has little expense in procuring
servant. for any common servant
thinks himself happy to get position
rs an officers servant with q or d q
month. A Lieutenant from about %
to % years old can not expect to be
raised to the next highest rank. which
is that of Captain. before attaining at
least his thirty-sixth year. Besides. it
is always morally certain that every
young officer has to spend four or five
years in an out-of-the way garrison in
some provincial town. Nevertheless. it
is fact, proved by statistics (the
favorite science of Bismarck). that the
number of young men DESTROYS to be-
come officers in the army increases
steadily year after year.
Now. how is this to be accounted
for? Only one reason can be given for
it. but that is ample. Every young
man who enters the army as candidate
for the citizenship in so doing joins
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07
"WELCOME."
Why It Is a Family Name Among
the Bradshaws.

ats such IN odd. old-fashioned
name" and Grace Bradshaw, the
young mother. stroked the silky hair
of the baby in her lap whose future
cognOmen was under consideration.
ii know it is" asscnted Grandma
Bradshaw. but for four generations
The eldest son in the Bradshaw family
has been Welcome. MY husband and
my son have borne it. and l confess it
is \ very pleasant name to me-"
Il can't say As much" with half
laughing pout. Il like my Welcome \
good deal better than do his name; and
if had not liked him very much should
never have consented to become Mrs.
Welcome Bradshaw for life, that con-
Sidered real test of affection.
''Homely. old-fashioned names. as
you call them." replied the old lady.
''were more common when l was
young. SO perhaps did not think so
much about them. My grandfather
was Increase. and had an Uncle Lib
erty. and an Aunt Silence. while among
onr neishbors was Frccgrace Appright
and Pardon Brown and Prudence
Doty; and to my mind they sound just
rs we'll as Claud and Maud. and Lily
Bell, and Charles Mortimer. and lot
of new-fashioned names YOU hear now.
But did You ever hear how Welcome
came to be 4 family name among the
Bradshaws?'
why. no; supposed it just hap
pened."
If ypu never did. will have to tell
You the story rs my husbands mother
told it to me-" and Grandma Bradshaw
wiped ner glasses and carefully count
the stitches in the baby's sock she was
knitting. before she resumed: when
the Bradshaws first came to this coun-
try from England, they settled in
,Stanberry. Mass. and it was there that
Asher Bradshaw, the only son and heir
of Genus Bradshaw, was born and or ew
to manhood. The Bradshaws had not
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07
VALUE OF SHEEP.
Why They Are Almost Indispensable
Successful Farming.

Why They Are Almost Indispensable to
Successful Farming.
We consider sheep rs a necessary
adjunct to good farming for the fol-
lowing reasons: For their size and
the amount of food they consume,
they make more valuable returns in
manure than any other animals on the
place. In the pasture in the summer
their droppings are more evenly dis
tributed over the land, and in winter
in working down the refuse straw in
to manure, their droppings are more
intimately inter:nixed Herewith than
are those of either horse or cow.
In order to obtain the best results
from sheep. however, it is necessary
that they have the run of late fall
and spring pasture when there is little
or no grass, for which purpose there is
nothing better than q field Of early
sown rye. Indeed it is surprising
that farmers generally do not see and
appreciate the superior advantages Of
a rye pasture for such purposes, both
for sheep and mich cows. An acre Of
rye sown in August or September. on
which few dollars worth Of fertilizers
are spent, will afford abundant pastur-
age for cow for Eve or six weeks in
early spring when there is no other
green food to be had. and then not
only produce better crop. but in
crease the yield of butter and milk to
such degree as to considerably more
than not to be forgotten is a portable
fence. by means of which the sheep, to-
gether with few cattle, can be penned
at night on the poorest parts Of their
summer range, which from time to
time. as the fence is removed, should
be sown with grass seed and well har-
rowed over. and thus a considerable
quantity of the land be improved with
but little expense while the cattle will
prove an ample protection to the sheep
from dogs
Another great advantage sheep have
over other farm stock is their immuni-
ty from contagious diseases. 1t is truo
they sometimes get the scab. rot or
something Of the sort, which. if allowed
to run unchecked, may possibly carry
some Of them of. But these diseases
are generally of such character as
yield readily to treatment. A lot Of
hogs may be fed on corn for months.
and about the time they are ready for
market some disease-no one knows
what-attacks and carries them of. ono
by one, until few il, any. are left. This
is no unusual occurrence. while sheep
are happily exempt from any such rapid
and fearful mortality. Besides, wheE
= sheep dies, as sometimes they will. it
never dies in debt to its Owner-its pelt
being sufficient to pay for its keep ~
much as twelve months after its last
Observation-Disclosures SEN.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

himself to the aristocracy Of the land.
His uniform opens to him the way to
the highest circles of society. At all
court circles he is introduced into the
presence of the King or Kaiser. as the
case may be. He is invited to all the
great annual banquets for which.
however. he is obliged to pay his share.
Thus it often happens that our Lieu
tenant dimes on several courses of airy.
but very expensive dishes, and after
feasting on truffles and champag ne,
goes to a cheap restaurant to quiet the
cravings of his stomach with leber-
wurst and saurkraut every German
officer, from the beardless Lieutenant
still in the habit of chewing candy to
the gruff-voiced Major. hopes to make
his fortune by marrying the daughter
of rich parvenu. And it is q fact
that nine out of every ten do succeed.
There is no shorter. surer. and. as far
as the young manageable maiden is
concerned. no more agreeable way Of
becoming part of the elite than the
marriage with an officer, q young one.
If possible. but even an old one. rather
than none at at all. The art of flirta-
ton is An accomplishment deemed alb
solutely indispensable in every off Ger.
Flirting is the young Lieutenant's
second nature. He flirts in the salon.
in the theater. on the promenade.
Only dueling is his greater passion.
By the rules of the corps he is obliged
to accept any challenge coming
from q person not below him
in social standing. The favOrite duel
of officers is the combat of swords, SO
called after the long and broad swords
used. In this duel the fighting parties
are half naked-i. e.. the upper half of
their bodies is exposed. If an officer is
caught dueling he is arrested and
nominally sentenced. But he never
thinks of taking this seriously. If he
refuses to accept challenge his fellow
officers compel him to leave the army,
1t is treat to watch young Lieu
tenant while he is drilling his men.
He has four or five corporals to as
sist him. His chief occupation is to
stand motiOnless, but in threatening
attitudes in the midst of the new
soldiers. He very seldom says any
thing-that would be directly sscritic-
ing his dignity. Whenever some un-
lucky recruit or other tries in vain to
rouse himself to due appreciation
of the glories of the soldiers life, and
the corporal uses liveller language
than usual. our lieutenant frowns
1t is seldom, very seldom.
that more is needed to set all things
right in a second. But even if after
the frown the refractory soldier con-
tinues 'rhick-beaded." the Lieutenant
takes a step toward him. That is
enough. Thus far no case is known
where this extreme measure of dis
cipline had not an immediate effect.
The recruits are for the most part
country people. good and honest but
stupid. They look upon the officers as
superior being. 1t never comes to
their minds that he is made of the
same clay rs they themselves. The
laws against insubordination are truly
Draconian. The other day young.
intelligent man was sentenced to three
years imprisonment because he had
struck a low-minded corporal who had
done his best to gall and insult the
young man in every way he could
~ !. Graphic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

"A grocer in New Haven, Conn.,. in
order to detect the person who was
taking too many of his hams. at
tached a bell to one of them. enc
night soon after he heard the bell ring,
and going to his meat-house found q
neighbor with the ham in hb hand.
Thereupon he told the mans wife that
her husband stole hams. and now the
pair have sued him for SANDER. laying
the damages at sl00-Chioego Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

Captain johnson Sides, an intelli'
gent Piute Indian, says that the idea
prevalent among the whites that the
Flutes are gradually diminishing in
numbers is incorrect The census re-
turns Of 1880 show that there were at
that time only 800, but he says many
of them were not counted. and that
there were fully 5000. he estimates
the present number Of the. tribe at
fully 5000. and probably 9.50o.-M y
Sun
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

Whatever makes the home dearer
and sweeter. and more to be lOnged
for than any other place on earth.
must elevate its character. and bring
it nearer its heavenly ideal-the eter-
ual hons above.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

The inquisitive fellow may not 30.
q sadder. but he is always wv by sU''
nan.-Ecrchdnt TTarelef.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07
THE ALPHABET ILLUSTRATED.

THE ALPHABET ILLUSTRATED.
q is the Apple. How small boys delight
To stand round an apple and beg Tor . bite!
The Apple. o
q is for Ball. 1t is used in game
20 capture gate money. How base is its aiml
the Ball o
e1s FOR cup When it's filed with hot tea
The women gossip it. They're fond OF
beau-he.
The Cup. ~
u Is for Dollar A Dollar you know.
Il round. That's the reason 1t rolls away So
The Dollar. s
els for Egg Il laid by hen.
When fresh. soft and cracked it resembles
some men.
The Egg. Q
F is for Fishhook. This fishermen prize.
II they had no fish-hook they couldn't tell lies.
The Fishhook.
{ is for Goblet. Some people, alas,
Get very red noses who gaze in this glass.
The Goblet.
II Is for hand. A Hand costs a lot
When some other fellow can rake in the pot.
The Hand 70
lis for Icicle. Like poor joke.
Its point is transparent and easily broke.
The Iccle. v
J is for Jackstraws. This little game serves
To strengthen your patience and steady your
The Jackstraws. llllll
x Is for Key. 'Tis whis-key that locks
The door OF prison as tight as box.
The Key. On
l. is for Line. Some statesmen o. may wish
The lines they have written were dropped to
fish.
81 is for Marbles They have to be small.
Or else little boys couldn't shoot 'em at all
The Marbles. o 90
n is for Note 1t makes one feel blue
To know that tomorrow there's one Telling
due.
The Note. lou:
DIS Tor Orange. An orange farm pays
The sellers. The buyers but mortgages
The Orange. o
r Is for Poker. Your mother-in-law
Should give you the poker if ever you
draw"
The Poker o.,
q is for Question. FRS: question the pop;
Then pop of the question before You can
stop.
The Question. ?
x is for Ring. The ring we like best
Comes out of the dinner bell when we're .
guest.
The Ring. o
s is for Stars. They all scintillate true.
And. pardon the jest-nut, men sin till late.
too.
TIE Stars 80.
7 is for Tacks. When they go in your hee!
An income tax heavy you probably feel.
The Tacks. TT
Us an Umbrella We're betting cen.
That some one will say it is used up and lent
The Umbrella.
' is a Villain. 4 villain Is bad
And ough. to be walloped each day by his
dad.
The Villain.
VS. for Worm. II on Sunday it's dug
1t goes with a iishpole man and y jug.
The Worm N
\ for X-ampie in algebra stands;
II puzzles our brains till our forehead ex-
pan6s.
The X-ample. A-Y-CxB-X
is for Yacht Hold HE gland. you know,
Sends over his yachts and take EN- in
tow.
The Yacht >
4 is for Zigzag. Some men who get tight
Know II about zigzags and walk 'em at night.
The Zigzag.
IL c. DOdge, IN Detroit FIRES Pres.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

Heaven; and Squire Bradshaw held
with equal tenacity. that to stand for
the defense of the Colonies was the
supreme duty of patriot; while
Asher, when the alarm sounded from
Concord. fastened to don the Cont
mental uniform. and gather his fellow
townsmen into q company.
During these stirring events he had
seen but little of Mercy; but tho separ-
alton only made her the dearer. and he
felt that he could not 60 out to danger,
and it might be to death. without
speaking the words of which his heart
was full. So. one May evening he
walked up to the door Of the red-brick
house, between the bordering rows of
prim. then starry with the white BIOS
SONS. and lifted the carved brass
knocker on the great door, and was
shown through the long hall wains-
coted in oak. and with floor and stairs
waxed and polished to almost marble
like smoothness and brilliancy. into the
parlor where Mercy Cuthbertson. in q
pale blue lustering. sat at her spinnet.
And so. with the scent of prim and Ii
lac coming in at the window. and the
portraits of the proud old Cuthbert-
sons looking coldls down on him from
the walls, Asher Bradshaw told his
love.
'And. rs Mercy Cuthbertson listened.
the blush that had shown itself at first
died away, while light kindled in her
dark eyes. and when he finished she
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07

figure, and he refined in his horse with
a vague but tumultuous hope of he
hardly knew what.
ode was not mistaken. for Mercy
Cuthbertson was coming swiftly down
the walk. with her eyes shining. and .
soft flush tingins her whole face. and
going straight up to him. where,
springing from his horse, he waited
her. held out her hand with the single
word uttered TREMENDOUSLY, and hardly
above a whisper: Welcome
''And Asher took the fine. white hand
in his, Drowned with the stain of hard
ship and battle since they last clasped.
saying: Sweet Mistress Mercy. u il
indeed welcome to me?'
''And, lifting to his her dark eyes.
trimming with love and tears. she ~
swered, shyly: Yes. Asher, it is ve3-
come
80 when Asher Bradshaw's first
born son was laid in his arms, he said
that, because had it not been for that
word the Bradshaw race would have
ended. and because to him it w0nid al.
ways be the sweetest word in all the
world, the child should bear the name
of Welcome. And since then. for four
generations, there has never failed q
Welcome Bradshaw"
Nor shall there in the fifth" said
Grace, kissing the sleeping baby in hez
lap.-Ela Thomas. in Current.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-15
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
Limited.
STEAMER KINAU,
norenzen, Commanderl,

Leaves Honolulu per following schedule
Ouching at Lahaina Maalaea, Makena, MANU-
kOna, Kawalhae LaupahOehoe. H1lo and keauhOu:
Commencing on MONDAY, July &c, 1886, and
on every alternate Monday at p. M, the Kinau
Will make the VOLCANO TRIP, reaching Keau-
hou Wednesday morning, where horses and
carriages in waiting TO convey passengers to
the VOLCANO HOUSE give miles in the saddle
and nine miles by carriage).
Passeng erS by this route Will have two days
and two nights at the VOLCANO HOUSE.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PAYS
ALL CHARGES.
The Kinau will arrive In Honolulu Sunday
mornings Volcano trips. On HnO trips, vii
leave Honolulu on Tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning.
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
Kinau at MahukOna
The Knau WILL TOUCH at HonOkaia and
Paauhau on down trips from Hio for Passengers
If signal is made from the shore.